Alessia Cara

At the age of 19, she published her first debut single, Here. The single garnered a lot of praise and was well-received both by critics and listeners. The Canadian Hot 100, and Billboard Hot 100, ranked the single at 19. Even Rolling Stone named the track one of the top Songs in 2015. The singer released her debut Know It All album in the same year. The third track, Scars to Your Beautiful was among five tracks which reached the top of the charts on Billboard which included Canadian Albums Chart Billboard 200 as well as Billboard Hot 100. It was a special track due to her interview with Rap-Up that she did with her listeners were able to identify with her journey of discovering their own love and doubting her. Cara's music is known to include messages of kindness, self-love and mental health. Her music is an expression of her personal struggle with insomnia and mental health. Reuters stated that she calls the album "half tumultuous, half perfected". She describes her growth through therapy, and encourages anyone else to seek out help when necessary. Alessia Cara grew up in Toronto, Canada. Her birth date was July 11, 1996, to parents with Italian heritage. Alessia Cara's parents gave her an instrument at the age of 10. This was her beginning with music. Three years later at the age of 13 she began covering her favorite songs through YouTube one of the biggest media platforms to prove to the world she possessed the talent skills and the determination to be an artist. Indeed, one of her cover tracks Sweater Weather was the track that got her noticed by EP Entertainment. They allowed her to compose and create her own songs.